Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2000, 10:28 PM EDT for Morgan County, Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2000, 10:28 PM EDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2000, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRLX 170230 FFWRLX OHC115-127-170430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1028 PM EDT FRI JUN 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN OHIO... SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 1230 AM EDT... * AT 1024 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY AND NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE QUICKLY AND STRONGLY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS...EXACERBATING THE FLOODING POTENTIAL. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE RENDVILLE...NEW STRAITSVILLE...JUNCTION CITY...HEMLOCK...CORNING AND MCCONELSVILLE. <<CALL TO ACTION>> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Morgan | 117 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.